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A Dozen of Our Favorite Posts and Stories of 2012

As the sands in the hourglass run out here at DC9 HQ, and making year-end lists feels more like penance than pleasurable mental exercise, we thought we'd take a break from quantifying albums and concerts, and instead qualify some of our favorite posts from the last year with an, "Oh man, that was a ... More >>

Here are the Winners of the 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Get To Know Your 2012 DOMA Best Electronic, Experimental and None of the Above Nominees

Leading up to our November 10 showcase, we'll be getting you familiar with some of our Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, either via past features we've done on them, or new ones. You can vote for your favorite acts, venues and more right here. Best Electronic Act Black Market Pharmacy This la ... More >>

Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Casket Girls - The Loft - 11/6/12

Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Casket Girls, Datahowler, New Fumes The Loft Tuesday, November 6 A packed crowd at The Loft was setting its own agenda on Election Night, one that included lots of synth, delay and effects. At the top of the ballot was Black Moth Super Rainbow, a band for which the adj ... More >>

The Polyphonic Spree's Jessica Jordan Debuts a New Project and Cover of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's "Summertime"

I was just talking to someone the other day about what a great song "Summertime" is, and then yesterday it was announced that Jessica Jordan, a member of Polyphonic Spree, had covered the song as the first single for her new solo project, My Name Is Moses. What up, serendipity. The cover is defini ... More >>

Denton's Darcy Neal Has Gadgets and Gizmos Aplenty

I don't get to tour the entirety of Darcy Neal's house, but there are no working televisions in the space. She leads me through the back door of the house she shares with her roommates on Bernard Street, one block east of UNT, and into a small living room area. Here, along with other temporarily dea ... More >>

The New Flaming Lips Album Gets By with a Little Help From Their "Fwends."

I Poured Flaming Lips Vinyl, and Boy Are My Arms Tired

I really didn't know what pouring vinyl entailed when local musician Daniel Huffman asked if I wanted to sit in on a job Thursday afternoon. I envisioned the act of pouring, and then an actual record, but the in between part was vague. I just said yes and drove over to A&R Records on Riverfront. T ... More >>

New Fumes Covers Gary Numan's "Observer"

Today, we mark Gary Numan's 54th birthday with a Covering Tracks homage by Dallas' own New Fumes. The godfather of synth-pop is still going strong, touring extensively last year, performing 1979's The Pleasure Principle in its entirety and providing guest vocals on the Battles track "My Machines." W ... More >>

The Boom Boom Box Set LaGrange To Vibrate

Merritt MartinThe Boom Boom Box​The Boom Boom Box LaGrange Saturday, January 21 With the release of Until Your Eyes Get Used to the Darkness this week and Saturday night's preemptive strike at LaGrange, the Boom Boom Box's long-awaited return to the stage was met with a full house, rife with ... More >>

Well, Looks Like That Flaming Lips/Erykah Badu Collaboration Might Really Happen

Hey, remember last Friday, when we mentioned that Rolling Stone article in which Wayne Coyne mentioned he'd like to collaborate with Erykah Badu? And how that would probably be a good idea? Well, she got in her Badumobile and gunned it to Klearlight Studio in order to restore balance to the universe ... More >>

2011 Music, Turned Up to 11

Over the Weekend: Lower Greenville Block Party

Missile tests the new road on their sweet bikes​ Since moving to East Dallas two weeks ago, I'd heard many a tale of what Lower Greenville used to be, what it should be, what it is now, what it could be. The facelift it received -- mainly in the form of a newly paved road -- apparently took a ... More >>

Zechs Marquise, New Fumes, Babar

Thursday, December 8, at Bryan Street Tavern

Ghostland Observatory, Anthrax, Wild Flag and The Rest of This Weekend's Best Shows

Pace yourself this weekend. Lots of good shows to see.​Halloween is on Monday, so there should be a good handful people in costume out and about this weekend -- kind of like the zombies at the Dallas Observer Music Award Showcase. And there will be many opportunities to get out and about this week ... More >>

Your 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase Performers

A closer look at all 52 acts playing this weekend's Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase in Deep Ellum

Get To Know Your DOMAXXIII Nominees: Best Experimental/Avant Garde Act, Best Talent Buyer, Best Local Music Advocate

​Welcome to our 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards breakdown, wherein we'll use the weeks leading up to the DOMA showcases on Saturday, October 15 (which is also when voting ends), to explain the nominees in each category Today, we look at the nominees in the Best Experimental/Avant G ... More >>

Get To Know Your DOMAXXIII Nominees: Best Album, Best Electronic Act, Best Punk Act

​Welcome to our 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards breakdown, wherein we'll use the weeks leading up to the DOMA showcases on Saturday, October 15 (which is also when voting ends), to explain the nominees in each category Today, we look at the nominees in the Best Album, Best Electron ... More >>

Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne On The Future Of Record Production, Timely Releases (Part 1 of 2)

​In this week's paper, something of a special treat: an exclusive interview with Wayne Coyne, frontman for noted Oklahoma's psych-pop heroes The Flaming Lips. Coyne, as you may know, has been spending a whole lot of time in Dallas lately. And not just for his fairly standard trips to the Urban Out ... More >>

Good Friday: The Actual Good Friday Edition

Those Darlins perform at Rubber Gloves tonight.​We've already had a busy week of shows, but that doesn't mean the weekend's shows will be spare. There's actually quite a few nice choices this weekend. Let's start by re-capping the oneswe've been mentioning all week.Tonight, Those Darlins will brin ... More >>

Jason Lytle, Midlake, Sarah Jaffe and True Widow Among Acts Playing Good Records' National Record Store Day Party on April 16

Sara KerensA scene from last year's affair. Get nostalgic and check out our slideshow of the event.​Maybe the best free event you'll attend all year, the annual joint celebration that Good Records throws for both Record Store Day and the store's birthday always makes for quite the happening shindi ... More >>

Show Announcements: Mike Watt, Ghostcar, Paul Slavens, Dredg, Eisley, Brandi Carlile, Little Feat, New Fumes, DEVO, Cage The Elephant, Manchester Orchestra, Sevendust & More!

Mike Watt​As we mentioned yesterday, the South by Southwest spillover effect has reached our beloved record store Good Records. And this evening, before he performs a full blown electric show at The Loft, Mike Watt will be over at Good for what he calls a "hoot & spiel," more commonly known as ... More >>

Watch: New Fumes -- "Millenium Crux"

New Fumes​In a few week's time, we'll have a piece in the print edition in which we discuss with Tim DeLaughter all that he has in store -- not only with the Polyphonic Spree or with his solo and new band recordings, but also with his new business model at Good Records Recordings, which is finding ... More >>

Watch: New Fumes -- "Teeth of the Sun"

​We've mentioned before Tim DeLaughter's excitement over New Fumes, the brainchild of former Ghostcar member and touring Flaming Lips and Polyphonic Spree player Daniel Huffman, which, indeed, will be the next act to have release on DeLaughter's Good Records Recordings label. And, hey, he's got ev ... More >>

Last Night: The Flaming Lips, Neon Indian and New Fumes at the Palladium Ballroom

The Flaming Lips, Neon Indian, New FumesFebruary 3, 2011Palladium BallroomBetter than: realizing that you have the most beautiful face.Mattie StaffordWayne Coyne sits atop a bear during the Flaming Lips' set.​In many regards, last night's performance from the Flaming Lips was exactly like the two ... More >>

Tim DeLaughter Confirms New Band, Promises New Solo, Polyphonic Spree Material Is Coming

Tim DeLaughter​Toward the beginning of last night's show at the Palladium, as Daniel Huffman's New Fumes project washed the slow-to-arrive Flaming Lips crowds over with his own, instrumental brand of psychedelic pop, Good Records, Polyphonic Spree and Tripping Daisy mastermind Tim DeLaughter was a ... More >>

Good Records Recordings Plans Fairly Major Philosophical Change For 2011

​Yesterday, we spoke with Daniel Huffman, the man behind New Fumes, who landed himself an opening slot for The Flaming Lips and Neon Indian during the Jack Daniel's Kick-off Party at Palladium Ballroom on Thursday, February 3. While perusing the New Fumes blog, though, we stumbled across a curious ... More >>

Bonus MP3: New Fumes to Release Limited Edition Vinyl EP Bump & Assassination on Good Records Recordings

New Fumes Bump & Assassination album cover​It hasn't been a long time since veteran Dallas musician Daniel Huffman started his newest experimental noise-pop project, New Fumes. In only a year and a half, the former Ghostcar and Day of the Double Agent guitarist has catapulted himself into quit ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Blind Guardian at Trees, Jay Brannan at The Loft and Mini Mansions at The Cavern

Tuesday evening brings a couple of decent triple-bills and a tandem of sensitive singer-songwriters to our area for your musical enjoyment. Which is as good an excuse as any to leave the house tonight.

Good Records Eighth Birthday Party with The Black Angels, Colourmusic, Record Hop and more

Saturday, April 19, at Good Records

Ghostcar

Too Strong/The Art of Transition

First Brick in Our Wall of Sound Preview

Dallas Decides

Local musicians put the mikes down and pick up the pens to choose their favorite albums

Traitors

How local art-rock champs Day of the Double Agent fell apart

Down with the Cygnus

Laptop Deathmatch didn't just crown a winning musician this week. It crowned a new scene in Dallas.

Odds & Ends

Laptop demolition, band self-destruction and the Eagle flies again (sort of)

Odds & Ends

Good Records affixes its label on the city of Dallas

Dallas Hates Art Rock

Day of the Double Agent comes out of hiding with pedals, samplers and tape loops in hand

Day of the Double Agent, The Octopus Project, Pilotdrift

Saturday, March 4, at Trees

Ghostcar

Saturday, January 8, at the Wreck Room

Scene, Heard

Trees closes its doors...for a while

Bad Reputation

Low hopes its slow-and-depressing label was one thing Lost in the Fire

A day that will live in infamy? Nah

Localpalooza and a Sock Monkey blowout gives you every D-D-FW band in the land

Across the Bar

Sock Monkey's anniversary; a few rock shows you should be aware of

Across the Bar

Comet sighting; Clumsy in Motown; Grand Street redubbed; Bar of Soap brings in road grime

Captain sensibility

The gang's all here in the Secret Machines of Captain Audio

Comes to mind

Even on album, Sivad's just making it up as it goes